Odd Issue I'm Having With a VCR

[WCV82]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Any other symptoms? is the picture stable the whole time? Does this happen with tapes you recorded on this machine, or only commercial tapes (possibly a Copyguard problem)?

At this point its doing this with any tapes I pop in, either home recorded or commercial tapes, also the time code does not advance which is weird. The time code only advances when I hit the Fast Forward button. Sometimes the tape will play normally if I hit the Fast Forward button for a few minutes, but not often at this point.